Power and Associates' average retail turn rate for each segment in November.
The Consumer Prices Index measure of inflation was 4.5% in May, and the Retail Prices Index rate was 5.2%.
Online retail shopping has grown at a faster rate than the overall retail sector growth over the last few years.
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Corporate revenues are growing at a blistering 10% year-over-year rate, and July retail sales show an 8.5% growth rate.
For January and February combined, retail sales (including autos) were up 10.7% at an annual rate, while retail sales (excluding autos) were up 14.8%.
The rate of Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation rose slightly from 3.0% in November to 3.1% last month, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Ticket prices will not rise by more than 1% above the rate of retail-price inflation (RPI), lower than the 3% plus inflation limit in place at the moment.
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The average vacancy rate for retail properties in the top 63 U.S. markets was 6.8% in the first quarter, down from a recent high of 7.5% in 2010, according to CoStar Group.
And there is to be a cap on how much regulated train fares can go up by - so ticket prices will not rise by more than 1% above the rate of retail-price inflation (RPI).
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According to the Confederation of British Industry, which lobbied for a rate cut this week, retail sales fell in the year to June at the steepest rate in its survey's 22-year history.
In contrast, those in service class jobs, in fields like retail, had an unemployment rate of 9.3% in the post-recession years.
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Asymco founder Horace Dediu told The Channel Register that while Apple is adding retail employees at a rapid rate, their stores are too crowded, and so store expansion is the most obvious solution.
Figures released on Tuesday by the British Retail Consortium showed that the annual rate of shop price inflation edged up slightly in April to 2.5%, from 2.4% in March.
Weak retail sales could help postpone a rate hike.
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Well the results of the first half of 2012 are now available from Rosstat and, at first glance, they would appear to be ground for significant optimism: GDP grew at a 4.9% rate, fixed capital formation grew at 4.7%, and retail turnover galloped ahead at a rapid 6.9% annual rate.
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From 2004 to 2009, while online retail sales increased at an average annual rate of 16%, online apparel sales increased by 19% annually (data not available for 2010-2012).
The trend has emerged even more strongly during the holidays with holiday online sales expanding at a rate of 15% whereas retail growth for the season is expected to linger around 3-4%.
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Such signs of resistance to economic liberalisation, compounded recently by concerns over tight liquidity and a rigid exchange rate, have dampened both retail and stock markets, as well as the foreign investment that Egypt badly needs.
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The Bank of Communications forecast nominal growth for retail sales at 16 percent and actual growth rate at 12.5 percent this year.
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Retail spending has been growing at its fastest rate since 1988.
"Our own city centre survey of retail units from last October shows a vacancy rate of 17.4% which is in line with the national average, " said Mr McDonald.
New mortgages are being approved at half their pre-crisis rate, which means less business for retail banks.
Sales from internet transactions have been growing at a 13% quarterly rate this year, compared with overall retail sales, which have grown 7%.
The drop in retail sales has come as Spain's unemployment rate has hit a modern day record, with joblessness among young people topping 55%.
The Federal Reserve chairman, speaking in Germany on Friday, left open the door to new interest rate cuts as U.S. retail sales data offered a desultory view of the American economy.
Advisors in partnership with Wells Fargo found that spending at small retailers in November showed a 5.2 percent year-over-year gain, outpacing the growth rate of total U.S. retail sales even amid the effects of Hurricane Sandy, which impacted stores hardest in the Northeast.
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It said a dramatic drop in consumer spending, higher online sales and retail space expansion were to blame for the high vacancy rate.
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